Is there a sleeper train from Montreux to Munich?
A traveler is planning a trip in early June and has already traveled by train from Milan through St Moritz and Chur to Zermatt, wanting to get to Munich for their flight home. They need advice on how to make this trip efficiently since there are no sleeper trains available from their current location.
- Travel from Montreux to Munich is best done via Zürich, taking an evening train that takes about 4 hours with no changes required.
- Check the timetable online for real-time schedules as train journeys can involve several changes.
- Booking a seat reservation for trains from Zürich to Munich is recommended for a smoother trip.
- The new timetable indicates the Montreux to Munich route takes approximately 6 hours and 50 minutes with changes.
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Traveling in early June 2021, having already made our way by train from Milan up through St Moritz and Chur, down to Andermatt and Zermatt, and need to get to Munich to fly home at the end of our trip
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Hi Jim & Cheryl and welcome to MySwissAlps!
You’ll find useful information about traveling to Germany from Switzerland at http://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/germany.
Although it is a minimum 7 hours train route, I am afraid you won’t find any sleeper trains to München from Montreux. What you can do is to travel first to Zürich spend the night there and then travel further to München. München is only 4 hours away from Zürich.
You can search the timetable at http://www.myswissalps.com/timetable.
Based on your itinerary you might find these pages helpful too:
- http://www.myswissalps.com/stmoritz
- http://www.myswissalps.com/zermatt
- http://www.myswissalps.com/montreux
- http://www.myswissalps.com/traintickets/italy
Ildiko
Cheap airfare has hurt the sleeper train business. But train travel is environmentally friendly, and they may make a comeback in the future. Here’s an interesting article titled “Swiss night trains: past, present and future” http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sleepers_swiss-rail-operator-considers-night-train-u-turn-climate/45026054
München (Munich) is too close to Switzerland to have a sleeping car overnight train. There is a new faster daytime service from Zurich starting in December 2020.
You are doing your trip the wrong way round.
If you need to finish your trip in Munich you need to visit western Switzerland (Zermatt) from Milano first, then go back East, as it is much easier to get to Munich from Chur/Zurich
Instead from Montreux, take the train from Zurich in the evening and it takes 4 hours to reach Munich and no necessity of change of trains is involved. Most of other trains reaching Munich in the morning from Geneva involves no. of train change.
Zurich to Munich train may require a seat reservation.
In the new timetable for 2021, Montreux – München will take at around 6 hours 50 minutes with two or three changes.
Reservations for Zürich – München trains will be recommended but not obligatory
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